Danzig was likely bitten while spending time at the beach last summer — but she didn’t notice symptoms until she ate a hamburger, she said.

The tiny terror — known as the Lone Star tick — causes the humans it nips to turn vegetarian by making them allergic to red meat.

“I went out to dinner before a play and . . . I woke up at midnight and my hands felt like they were burning,” said Danzig. “The EMTs knew it what it was. They are getting savvy to it around here because they have seen so many cases.”

Dr. Erin McGintee, an allergy specialist on eastern Long Island, has seen nearly 200 cases over the last three years.

“It is bizarre. It goes against almost anything I’ve ever learned as an allergist,” she said.

Named after Texas — the home of famous beef barbecue — the tick originated in the southern part of the county.

Doctors don’t know if the allergy is permanent — but Danzig plans to try to ease herself back onto red meat, she said.

“I may start trying a little bit here and there,” she said. “But I’m certainly not gonna go for a hamburger.”